Zhao Quan chopped off the heads of the four water thieves leaders in front of all the officials in Tuozhou, without mentioning the dirty deeds between them and the water thieves.
He handed over all the gold, silver and jewelry seized from the water thieves' lair, as well as some wealth collected from the three Guang family clans, to Tuozhou officials, asking them to convert the money and jewelry into food in the shortest possible time, and then use them as quickly as possible. Ship to Yancheng quickly.
All the officials nodded like chickens pecking at rice and readily agreed.
He expressed his deep concern and sympathy for the people in the southern border who were affected by the disaster, and was willing to do his best to help the people in the southern border overcome the difficulties. They donated generously, this one was 20,000 taels, and that was 32,000 to 50,000 taels. In less than half an hour, two thousand taels were raised. More than one million taels of silver.
All of these guys were human beings who were hanging around the officialdom. Zhao Quan killed the leader of the water thieves in front of them, and then asked them for help. It was obvious that he was not going to pursue their crime of colluding with the water thieves, but they must serve their crimes. .
As soon as they understood what Zhao Quan meant, their suspended hearts suddenly dropped by half. They couldn't help but let out a long breath of filthy air, and wrinkled their faces, which were more bitter than bitter gourds. Gradually, there was a hint of a snickering smile for the rest of their lives.
Therefore, we did not dare to be careless about what Zhao Quan told us. Not only did we not dare, we had to do our best to show it.
Especially when they saw Zhao Quan leading the Yancheng soldiers wrapped in white scarves and the 30,000 defenders of Tuozhou, killing non-stop in the direction of Zhanzhou, they became even more frightened.
He said in his heart: "This damn person is really a cruel person. He actually wants to go to Zhanzhou to stroke Ru Chengzhou's tiger beard. I don't know if he can come back alive."
…
In the damp and dark dungeon, Guang Jingshuo lay on the damp ground like a dead fish, staring blankly at the layers of cobwebs on the ceiling of the cell with two bloodshot eyes.
Before this, he never thought that he would become a prisoner.
He was honored as the governor of Tuozhou, held military power, had a prosperous official career, and had a bright future.
But all this beautiful thing was gone as soon as it was said to be gone.
Up to this moment, he still felt like it was an unreal nightmare, because things happened so fast that he couldn't think clearly.
What he thought was a foolproof countermeasure turned out to be a joke in the face of Zhao Quan's brutal massacre.
Reasonable?
hehe.
I don’t even bother to argue with you for half a word.
If you don't plead guilty, I will kill your whole family and destroy your three tribes.
Guang Jingshuo felt bitter, wronged and unfair.
Why?
In the officialdom, no matter whether they are civil servants or military generals, no matter how they stab each other behind the scenes, everyone is very reasonable on the surface, because only being reasonable can stand up.
Those who act recklessly and unreasonably will usually die miserably.
So why are you, Zhao Quan, so unreasonable?
Why are you so arrogant?
Your father is not Su Hanlin.
But Guang Jingshuo had to admit that Zhao Quan's unreasonableness was very effective, because as long as Zhao Quan abided by the rules of the officialdom and talked a little bit with him, Zhao Quan would have nothing to do with him.
Zhao Quan's arrogance reminded Guang Jingshuo of a common saying: When a scholar encounters soldiers, he cannot explain why.
Ru Junmei and Ru Heng and his son also have a deep understanding of this sentence.
At least for now.
Less than an hour after the news from Tuozhou arrived on Ru Junmei's desk, the city gate of Zhanzhou was broken through by Zhao Quan and his army.
The army entered the city and quickly captured the city wall, then went straight to your home, surrounded your general's mansion, and blocked the intersections of the surrounding neighborhoods. They heavily fortified the direction of the Zhanzhou camp to prevent the Zhanzhou garrison from attacking.
Zhao Quan took the four words "soldiers are valuable and quick" to the extreme.
After Ru Junmei and his son received the intelligence news from Tuozhou, they first condemned Zhao Quan for a long time, scolding Zhao Quan for being arrogant and barbaric, not playing by the rules, and being an uneducated southern barbarian.
Then he drank a cup of tea to moisten his throat and calm down, and then he discussed the countermeasures calmly and decided to tighten the city defense early tomorrow morning and set up sentries twenty miles outside the city.
Once Zhao Quan and his army appear in sight, they immediately close the city gate to defend against the enemy.
There are 50,000 elite soldiers in Zhanzhou. If Zhao Quan dares to attack, he will never come back.
However, they did not expect that Zhao Quanhui would come so quickly. Even before they understood what happened, the general's mansion was heavily surrounded by Zhao Quan and his troops, and then broke through the gate and entered through the main entrance.
Your entire family was stunned.
But your family is a general's family after all, and none of the men in the family is not very angry. After getting over the initial confusion, they immediately started to curse and fiercely resisted with swords drawn.
However, their fierce resistance was met with ruthless suppression.
"ah--"
"Killing! Killing!"
The woman's frightened screams came one after another, and the smell of blood gradually filled the air.
Niu Dawa held a big bow and hung it over the general's mansion. When he saw the rebels who could not be subdued by the soldiers, he opened his bow and shot them.
"I want to see which bastard dared to sit on my head and shit and pee on my head?!"
"If you don't give me a reasonable explanation, I will make you walk around without food!"
boom!
Ru Chengzhou, who was over seventy years old and had gray hair and beard, kicked open the door angrily and came out of the room.
Zhang Xiaozu was standing in the yard waiting for him.
"Dog——" Ru Chengzhou stepped out of the room and saw Zhang Xiaopou, and he opened his mouth to curse, but the next moment he saw the Emperor's Order Arrow in Zhang Xiaopou's hand, his eyes trembled suddenly, and he swallowed the curse immediately. Went back.
"The emperor's order of arrows is like the emperor's personal visit!" Zhang Xiaopeng shouted at Ru Chengzhou in a mocking manner.
Although Ru Chengzhou was full of resentment and reluctance, he had to immediately tidy up his clothes after hearing this, then respectfully knelt on the ground and shouted: "Long live my emperor!"
Then get up.
But Zhang Xiaozu shouted: "Did I tell you to get up?"
"snort!"
"The kid with a yellow mouth is holding a chicken feather as an arrow!"
"Even if His Majesty comes in person, he will not make me kneel down."
Ru Chengzhou sneered and stood up. He was not held hostage by Zhang Xiaozu at all. He patted the dust on his knees, straightened his waist and looked at Zhang Xiaopu. Two rays of light shot out from his sunken eye sockets, and his momentum suddenly increased. He pressed towards Zhang Xiaopou like a flash flood, and at the same time shouted: "Don't think that you can do whatever you want with the emperor's order. If you can't give me a reasonable explanation, I promise to let you go out sideways."
Ru Chengzhou's powerful momentum made Zhang Xiaopeng choked. He couldn't help but look at him with admiration and said in his heart: "He is worthy of being the founding general. Even though he has not been on the battlefield for decades, he is still powerful."
Fortunately, Zhang Xiaopou's momentum was not weak. As soon as the white giant ape came out, he immediately pushed back the momentum of Ru Chengzhou who rushed in front of him, and even counterattacked.
Feeling Zhang Xiaozu's counterattack, Ru Chengzhou couldn't help but his eyes froze, and Zhang Xiaozu's eyes became serious. He hadn't felt such momentum for many years, and he was surprised in his heart: "This kid looks like He is young, but he is by no means a simple person. With his breath full of blood, you can tell he is a ruthless man who has just come off the battlefield."
"Ruchengzhou, you colluded with the water thieves to rob the official rations——"
"Fuck your motherfucker!"
Before Zhang Xiaopou could finish his sentence, Rucheng and Zhou Hengmei scolded him angrily.
"——" Zhang Xiaozhu's expression froze and he said, "Speak politely and don't curse."
"Little bastard, who gave you the morally evil idea to frame me?!"
"Not only do I want to scold you, I also want to beat you!"
Ru Chengzhou was so furious that he ignored Zhang Xiaopou at all. After saying this, he actually rushed towards Zhang Xiaopou and raised his fist.
Zhang Xiaozu snorted angrily, did not move from his spot, and punched him forward.
boom!
The fists collided together and a loud noise erupted.
Thumb thump thump——
Ru Chengzhou took more than ten steps back and almost retreated into the room. His heart trembled, and he looked at Zhang Xiaozu with a truly solemn expression.
"Look at the punch!"
Ru Chengzhou felt that he had underestimated Zhang Xiaopou with his punch just now, and that Zhang Xiaopou had been calculated mentally and unintentionally, so he suffered a secret loss, so he yelled and punched Zhang Xiaopou again.
boom!
Zhang Xiaopeng did not withdraw any force from this punch, and his fists collided. Ru Chengzhou rubbed his feet directly on the ground, and flew backwards.
It crashed into the threshold with a clang and fell into the room.
"Ruchengzhou, you colluded with water thieves and robbed official rations. Do you know your crime?" Zhang Xiaozu continued what he had just left unfinished.
"I know your mother's size!" Ru Chengzhou yelled in the room, "I am a great founding general, sitting on the fiefdom of Zhanzhou, I have no worries about food and drink, and endless enjoyment. How can I go to rob the official rations when I'm full?"
Zhang Xiaozhu frowned. Hearing Ruchengzhou's confident scolding, he seemed to be really ignorant, so he changed the subject and said: "Since it's not you, then it's your son who did it. It's your son's fault if you don't raise him as a godfather." , you can’t escape the involvement.”
"fart!"
"Why do my sons want to steal official food?"
"Besides, where does the official ration come from for my son to snatch?"
"You damn person, can you come up with a decent excuse for slandering people, so that you won't be afraid of being laughed at?"
Ru Chengzhou said angrily, convinced that someone was going to frame their family.
"Okay, stop yelling." Zhang Xiaozhu waved his hand impatiently, "The robbery of official rations is already a certainty, but I'm just not sure who in your family will participate. I'll save it for your own good. Son, let it go."
After finishing speaking, Zhang Xiaopou shook the Emperor's Order Arrow in his hand towards Ru Chengzhou who walked out of the room again. His eyes turned cold and he said murderously: "We have something to talk about. Don't be unreasonable and force me to kill."
"——" Ru Chengzhou almost spat a mouthful of old blood on Zhang Xiaopou's face, saying to himself, "I'll just stay at home. Your leader is forcing his way into my house. Who is so unreasonable?"
At the same time, his heart skipped a beat, because the tone of Zhang Xiaozu's words seemed to be true, but he still didn't believe that someone in your family was really bold enough to steal official food.
A quarter of an hour later, all the distinguished men in your family arrived in the main hall. They were all shocked and asked Ru Chengzhou what happened.
Ru Chengzhou had a livid face and said nothing because he was also a monk two feet tall and was confused.
"Father--"
"grandfather--"
Ru Junmei and Ru Heng were finally escorted into the lobby by Zhao Quan and several soldiers. Their clothes were messy, their bodies were stained with blood, and they were in a state of embarrassment.
Because the two of them had guilty consciences and tried their best to resist, they were severely punished by Zhao Quan and Zhou Jianlai.
